Example sentences of "for [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Johnston joined the republican movement in 1965 , at the invitation of Cathal Goulding , IRA chief of staff , he was probably some distance to the right of some existing members of the movement and he was responsible not so much for leading the movement to the left as for crystallising a more coherent political strategy . |
| 2 | Although the film did not accurately portray the attitudes and feelings of mentally handicapped people , it may be commended for bringing a sensitive subject into the public eye . |
| 3 | The connotations of this in the creation of manhood were made clear by Baden Powell , founder of the Scout movement , who observed that masturbation checks the semen from getting its full chance of making the strong , manly man : ‘ You are throwing away the seed that has been handed down to you as a trust instead of keeping it and ripening it for bringing a son to you later on . ’ |
| 4 | Thank you for bringing a little bit of light in . |
| 5 | However , in the same Pul Eliya context , the business of the two pots with the gold coins formed part of the procedure for bringing a spirit medium out of his state of possession , while the business of the head shroud worn by an individual in a state of dangerous sanctity occurred in an elaborate ritual for the painting of the eyes of a new image of the Lord Buddha . |
| 6 | Milton 's Paradise Lost or Spenser 's Faerie Queene are applauded for bringing a sophisticated use of classical epic conventions into English , creating national works which stand comparison with those of antiquity . |
| 7 | The period of limitation for bringing an action arising out of carriage under the CMR convention is one year . |
| 8 | where you have missed the time limit for presenting an unfair dismissal application ( the normal limitation period for bringing an action for breach of contract in the civil courts is six years , rather than the strict three-month time limit for pursuing an unfair dismissal claim ) ; |
| 9 | There is , therefore , a strong case for bringing an open mind to the richness of the subject . |
| 10 | This places an additional responsibility on an Area Director in deciding whether an applicant for legal aid has reasonable grounds for bringing an action as plaintiff — the Director may be protecting unassisted defendants as well as the public purse . |
| 11 | The CPA 1987 amends the Limitation Act 1980 with respect to time limits for bringing an action ( see s6(6) and Sched 1 ) . |
| 12 | It would appear some of our customers have developed a new method of claiming a penny back for re-using a JS carrier bag ! |
| 13 | A grant of a licence in a restricted form , when a full licence has been applied for constitutes a refusal and may be appealed ( Wolfson v. Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1981 S.L.T. 17 ) . |
| 14 | Excellence is not necessarily a criterion for including a picture or a sculpture in a chronological survey . |
| 15 | Yet the Franks have received criticism for including a lot of songs dedicated fans will already own . |
| 16 | The best reason for including a Giant in your army is that they are very entertaining ! |
| 17 | No charge is made for including a potential purchaser on the database ; however , if we introduce an opportunity which leads to an acquisition we charge an introduction fee . |
| 18 | No charge is made for including a potential purchaser on the database ; however , if we introduce an opportunity which leads to an acquisition we charge an introduction fee . |
| 19 | Experience can also be evoked as the condition for attributing a characteristic behaviour to someone , however , and this explains the possibility of using to even with the operative sense of know . |
| 20 | It needs to be done subtly , for flashing a TA card or immediately mentioning membership of the police reserve , for example , incenses some regular police . |
| 21 | In 1834 the Tolpuddle Martyrs were transported to Australia , ostensibly for administering a secret oath but in fact for forming a trade union . |
| 22 | The recent case of a consultant convicted of attempted murder for administering a lethal injection of potassium chloride to a patient in intractable pain has highlighted the issue of pain that , contrary to expectation , does not respond to opiates . |
| 23 | In a compliance system , in contrast , there is much less concern for proving a violation took place ; indeed widespread reliance on strict liability would make the question of proof relatively straightforward if matters ended up in court . |
| 24 | Ian Wiley of Ireland had a time some 3 seconds faster than the winner but his 5 second penalty for touching a gate put him in 4th place overall . |
| 25 | However , the laws may well be useful for transforming a program after it has been developed , or for making a program more amenable to some proof technique . |
| 26 | The leading modern case is Stone and Dobinson ( 1977 ) , where two people were convicted of manslaughter for allowing a sick relative , whom they had permitted to live in their house , to die without medical attention . |
| 27 | Consideration is requested for allowing a capital gains tax loss on a qualifying loan to a trader to be set against income , thereby encouraging investment in new businesses . |
| 28 | However , the TCCB itself came under fire yesterday for allowing a similar attack by former England captain David Gower on India 's bowlers to be published in a new book — Gower : The Autobiography . |
| 29 | And they have argued that , whilst feminism should indeed always have a critical relationship to psychoanalytic theory , the latter has within it the potential for allowing a better understanding of the complexities of human desires and of the psychological construction of ‘ masculinity ’ and ‘ femininity ’ . |
| 30 | Optical tablets using infra red beams to detect the position of a stylus are not nearly as sensitive as the other systems but are quite adequate for allowing a finger to be used to select an item from a program menu . |